Then Amos answered Amaziah, ‘My job was not as a prophet. My father never did that work. My job was to work as a shepherd. I also took care of fig trees. But the Lord told me to leave my work as a shepherd. He told me to go and to speak his message to his people, the Israelites. Amos 7:14-15
阿摩司對亞瑪謝說：「我原不是先知，也不是先知的門徒。我是牧人，又是修理桑樹的。 耶和華選召我，使我不跟從羊羣，對我說：『你去向我民以色列說預言。』 阿摩司書 7:14-15